I can remember when I was in school in the late 80s I bought a computer to do papers...etc. I can remember my father asking me why I was spending all my money on a computer when a word processor could do what I needed for half the price... Unfortunately Dad didn't live long enough to see the computer revolution fully take hold...
I was a charter member of "Prodigy" The old, old DOS based version... That's where I got my first exposure to Bulletin Boards! I remember when they had upgraded to a windows based program and they had a web browser (their own) that sucked! They eventually shut down because they were losing money and they weren't y2k compatible... Those were the days... Any other "Prodigy Classic" people here??